This film deals with every writer's worse nightmare come true: the battering of an author's story by a wild and unconcerned director, until the original book is unrecognizable in its silver screen incarnation. Read More
55-year-old Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is a gifted musician in Czechoslovakia who once made a good living playing in the State Symphony Orchestra. However, he has little use for the government, and after putting a playfully insulting statement on a government form, he's been banished from official music making. He ekes out a living by giving private lessons, painting gravestones with gold leaf, and performing at funerals. Louka also likes to chase younger…Read More